Preview Opening Night 'The Soloist' TONGHT: 7.30pm

From Lowry to Hampton, Manchester has it’s fair share of great artists old and new.

Up-and-coming local artist Ahmet Kanak initially chose the city for his much anticipated debut exhibition, “The Soloist”, but has been convinced by Stockport arts fan, musician, Jonnie Jackson, to initiate his increasingly in demand paintings away from the glare of the city lights.

"The cultural life of Stockport is really buzzing at the moment with the Doves going supergroup and Dean Bailey bringing in DJ’s like Clint Boon to create a real underground boom.” said Jacko of the Stockport cult band Nouvelles.

“I had several offers to have the show in some of Manchester’s maybe trendier venues, then I met Catherine, Gallery Co-ordinator at Broadstone who told me about the opportunities of holding my exhibition there” says Kanak.

“As Stockport was my chosen place of residence I am aware of its buzzing local culture, this convinced me to launch my exhibition here” the easy going Stockport man remarked.

Kanak who is a member of Stockport Art Guild has been embraced by the local community in Stockport since he moved here from Turkey.

He has recently had a spate of interest across the globe, with sales, offers and commissions from as far as Canada and Germany, and right across the UK.

“Stockport has been the spur for my best art, and with the arts scene going so well, I thought my art will be best shown in public for the first time here.”

Kanak whose cubist style is influenced by greats such as Picasso and Braque, has 41 painitings on show at the exhibition. It runs from 5th to 28th March daily from 11am – 5pm. We are incredibly excited to be previewing his work TONIGHT at 7.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Gallery - Broadstone Mill Open Studios (Upper Ground Floor) Houldsworth Village, SK5 7DL

To view his Ahmet's work, visit www.ahmetkanak.com